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Recorded
  
1989

The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes (1989)
  
The Works (1991)

Release date
  
December 1989

Label
  
earMUSIC

Length
  
44:34

Artist
  
Saga

Producer
  
Saga

Genre
  
Progressive rock

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Released
  
1989 (1989) 2003 incl. bonus track 2015

Saga albums
  
The Security of Illusion, Pleasure & the Pain, Steel Umbrellas, Silent Knight, 10 - 000 Days

Saga how do i look


The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes is the eighth studio album by Saga, originally released in 1989. It is also the second album recorded by the band without longtime drummer Steve Negus and keyboardist Jim Gilmour, who temporarily left the band over management concerns.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "How Do I Look?" – 4:33
  2. "Starting All Over" – 4:01
  3. "Shape!" – 5:10
  4. "Odd Man Out" – 4:54
  5. "The Nineties" – 4:16
  6. "Scarecrow" – 4:20
  7. "As I Am" – 5:15
  8. "Waiting In The Wings" – 4:55
  9. "Giant" – 7:10

Bonus track (2003)

  1. "Framed (Live)" – 5:46

Bonus tracks (2015)

  1. "Wind Him Up (Live)" - 5:46
  2. "The Flyer (Live)" - 4:17

Personnel

  • Michael Sadler: Vocals & Keyboards
  • Jim Crichton: Bass, Keyboards and Synthaxe
  • Ian Crichton: Guitars, Synthaxe & Banjo
  • Curt Cress: Drums and Percussion

    • Production

  • Produced by Saga
  • Jim Crichton - Recording Engineer
  • Brian Foraker - Mixing Engineer
  • Berthold Weindorf - Drum Recording Engineer
  • Drums Recorded in Pilot Studio, Munich
  • Album Recorded and Mixed at Picture This Studios
  • Album Cover Design and Photographs - Penny Crichton
  • Art Co-ordinator - Phillippe Grabowski

    • Songs

    1How Do I Look4:36
    2Starting All Over4:02
    3Shape5:10

    References

    The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA